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IN recent years Gopala Rao and Dhar1, Gopala Rao2, Dhar and co-workers3 and Corbet4 have shown that nitrification in soils occurs partly as a photochemical reaction under the influence of sunlight. Dhar and co-workers5 have also brought forward considerable evidence to show that fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is favoured by sunlight.
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RAO, G., VARADANAM, C. Photo-ammonification of Organic Nitrogenous Compounds in the Soil. Nature 142, 618 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142618a0
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